Reflector-holder.



H. o'ouamn. REFLECTOR HOLDER.

v APPLICATIO N FILED MAR. 28, l9l 6 1,228,003.

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HENRY women, in, orrnrnonronnf CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May .2 9, 1917.

Application filed March 28, 1916. Serial No. 87,159.

To all whom itmay concern: 7

Be it known that I, HENRY DO I R, Jr., a citizen of the United ,States, residing at Bridgeport, county of F airfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Reflector-Holders, of which the following This invention-has for its object. to ,pro vide a reflector holder especially adapted for use in connection with two-part porcelain lamp sockets which shall comprise-simply a plurality or depending arms which may be either detachably or permanently secured .to

the upper partof thelamp socket, the lower ends of thearms being provided with means for engaging a reflector andthe lower part of the lamp socket acting to lock the arms in the engaging position.

With this end in view, 'I have devised the novel reflector holder which I will now describe, referringto the accompanying idrawing forming a part ofthis specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts I Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away, showing my'novel reflector'holder in use, 1 7

Fig.2 a view on an enlarged scale, partly in elevation and partly in section on the line 22 in Fig. 1, illustrating a. form of the invention in which the arms are .detachably secured to the cap on the upper part of the lamp socket; v

Fig.v 3 an inverted detached;

Fig. 4' a perspective view of one of the arms detached, and a o plan view of the cap ant form in which the reflector'is supported independently of the porcelain parts of the shown as made from sheet metal. The neck of the reflector, or an extension by which it is carried, is provided with an inwardly turned flange '1'5,whi'ch is engaged by the lower ends of the arms. Thearms are shown as provided with U-shaped soeketsl6 formed by bending the metal of the arms and adapted to receive the'fiange of the reflector. In the'form illustrated in Fi'gs. l'to 4 inclusive,'the'upp'er 'endslof the arms are Fig. 5 is :anuelevation illustrating a vari bent to form L-shaped catchesl'Z. The under side ofthe cap is provided with a-circula'r recesslS and the edge of-the cap is provided with openings leading into the recess and adapted .to receivethe catches on the 'upper ends of the arms. The catches are "engaged with the cap in the manner shown in'FigJQ. The arm is held horizontally and the :end .of thecatch passed throughan opening in'the edge of thefcap and then. the arm :is allowed tto odrop topla'ce, the end 'of'the L=shaped catch then engagingthe outerwall of the circular. recess in'fthe cap, as indicatediat' the right of Fig. "2, thus retaining thePamirisecur'ely in place, as it: cannot be rem'owed again without raising-the arm'tothenhoniizontal position. 7

I have shown the holder as comprising when the. operator removes his hand, the flange of the reflector. will 'lie in the U-.

shapedsockets and the reflector willbe supported by theholder. 7 The lower part of the lamp socket is then inserted to place, through the neck of the reflector and between the arms, and is secu-redto the upperpart of Y the lamp socket'in the ordinary or in any preferred manner. "The'j'l'ower' partv ofthe lamp socket when inplacelies in close engagement with the inner sides of the arms and locksthem in the'engaging position, so that the arms cannot be moved inwardly and the reflector cannot possibly be detached' from the holderwithout first detaching and entirely removing the-lower part of the lamp "socket- This non-removability of "the re ifie'ctor without removing the lower part-of the lamp socket is an i mpor'tant feature of construction, especially "in" connection with large sized lamps, as it insures thes'afe reten-' tion of the reflector inplace; V V 1 The form illustrated in Fig. 5 is intended 'for'use' Where-it is desired to remove all strain from the porcelain parts of the lamp socket, so'that even sh uld the socket become "broken the'reflectorwould still be' held in place as firmly ever. In this form the arms rest upon a disk 19 which is secured to the cap, thus entirely: relieving the porcelain arms may or may not be attached to the parts of the socket from the strain of sup porting the weight of the reflector. The

disk, as preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A reflector holder for two-part lamp sockets comprising a plurality of depending arms adapted for attachment to a lamp socket, said arms being provided with means for engaging a reflector, the lower part of the lamp socket acting to lock the arms in the engaging position.

2. The combination with a two-part porcelain lamp socket, of a holder comprising a plurality of arms adapted for attachment to the upper part of the lamp socket and hav ing at their lower ends means for engaging a reflector, said arms being locked in engagement with the reflector by the lower part of the lamp socket. @231 The-combination with a two-part p orcelainrlamp socket, of a holder comprising lurality of arms detachably secured to theiupper part of the lamp socket and having at their lower ends means for engagingiinside a reflector member, and means four-holding said arms outwardly for look ing said arms in the engaging position.

4. The combination with a two-part lamp socket and a reflector, of a holder comprising a plurality of depending arms, means on said arms for engaging the reflector and means for detachably securing said-arms to the upper part of the lamp socket, said arms normally hanging in the engaging position and being locked in the engaging position by the lower part of the lamp socket.

5. The combination with a two-part lamp socket, of a reflector holder comprising a plurality of arms adapted to be secured to the upper part of the lamp socket and provided with means for engaginga reflector, said arms normally hanging in the engaging position and being locked in the engaging position by the lower part of the lamp socket.

,6. The combination with lamp socket structure comprising two parts detachable from each other, of a plurality of holder arms supported at their ends upon one of said parts and adapted at their other ends to engage within a reflector member, said arms being prevented from removal from said reflector member by the second lamp socket part.

7 The combination with lamp socket structure comprising two parts detachable from each other, of a plurality of holder arms supported at their ends upon one of said lamp socket parts and lying against the same and engaging within a reflector member at their other ends, and means for locking said arms in engaging position comprising the second lamp socket member disposed within said arms and preventing their movement inwardly.

8. The combination with lamp socket structure comprising two parts detachable from each other, of a plurality of holder arms supported at their ends upon one of said socket parts and engaging at their other ends within a reflector member, the second lamp socket part being adapted for insertion between said arms to lock them in engaging position and adapted to co act with the first socket part.

9. The combination with lamp socket structure comprising two parts detachable from each other, of a plurality of holder 2 arms supported at their ends upon one o'l: said socket parts and engaging at their other ends within a reflector member, the second lamp socket part adapted to be inserted longitudinally between said arms to operate as a spreader to hold said arms in engagement with and to prevent their removal from said reflector member.

10. The combination with a lamp socket member, of holder arms supported upon said socket member and extending longitudinally beyond said socket member and adapted to severally engage within a reflector member to support the same, and means adapted to-be inserted longitudinally between said arms to hold them in engaging position.

11. The combination with a lamp socket member, of holder arms bent inwardly at their ends and supported upon said socket member and extending longitudinally beyond said socket member and adapted to severally engage within a reflector member to support the same, and means adapted to be inserted longitudinally between said arms to hold them in engaging position.

12. The combination with a metallic supporting cap, of a lamp socket member sup ported thereby, holder arms extending longitudinally along and beyond said socket member, said arms at their ends being confined by said cap, a reflector member within which the free ends of said arms engage, and means disposed within said'arms and locking them in engaging position.

13. The combination with a metallic sup porting cap, of a lamp socket member supported thereby, holder arms extending longitudinally along and beyond said socket member, said arms at their ends being coning depressions at their ends receiving said reflector member, and means adapted to be inserted through said opening between said arms to lock them in engaging position.

15. The combination with lamp socket structure comprising two parts detachable from each other, of a plurality of holder arms supported on one of said parts and extending longitudinally beyond the same, a reflector member having an opening, said arms having depressions receiving said reflector member, the second socket member adapted to be inserted through said opening between said arms to l0ckthem in engaging'position in said opening.

16. The combination with a cap, of

member supported thereon, a fiange on said ber beyond the same and adapted to engage within a reflector member, said arms having inwardly and then longitudinally extending portions adapted to be inserted through said recesses.

17. The combination with a cap, of a member supported thereon, a flange on said cap extending-toward said member, said flange having a plurality of recesses, holder arms extending longitudinally of said member beyond the same and adapted to engage within a reflector member, said arms having inwardly .and then longitudinally extending portions adapted to be inserted through said recesses, and means disposed within said arms locking them in engaging position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

, HENRY DOLIER, JR.

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